{"id":344925,"date":"2020-03-19T16:41:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T23:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=344925"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:11:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:11:30","slug":"derrick-lewis-thanks-israel-adesanya-for-claiming-the-most-boring-fight-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-248\/derrick-lewis-thanks-israel-adesanya-for-claiming-the-most-boring-fight-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Derrick Lewis thanks Israel Adesanya for claiming the &#8220;most boring fight ever&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Lewis is thankful Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero have taken his spot with the most boring fight in MMA history.<\/p>\n<p>As the Coronavirus pandemic increases, &#8220;The Black Beast&#8221; spoke to Ariel Helwani from home about his health, a Francis Ngannou rematch and the lackluster UFC 248 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\">headliner, <\/a>between Yoel Romero vs Israel Adesanya. The fight signified Adesanya&#8217;s first title defence as middleweight champion, but it failed to grab the attention of fans who dubbed the five-rounds bout boring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah I watched it, and I&#8217;m happy it ended the way it did,&#8221; said Lewis to Helwani. &#8220;Because everybody was giving me and Francis [Ngannou] hell for a long time, talking about how our fight being the boring-est fight ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Predator&#8221; Ngannou faced off against the heavyweight in the co-main event of UFC 226 in 2018. The MMA community also roasted the fight for lacking action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I&#8217;m glad that, they gotta have beat us, come on man,&#8221; Lewis laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason for both fights failing to deliver was the immeasurably high expectations. Francis Ngannou and Yoel Romero are heavy-hitters that deliver explosive KO finishes. Meanwhile, Israel Adesanya and Derrick Lewis are ultimate fan favorites.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ariel Helwani, the MMA analyst\/former fighter, Chael Sonnen agreed that the middleweights surpassed Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis for the most boring fight. However, on his Youtube channel, Sonnen also expressed that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chael-sonnen-adesanya-vs-romero-outrage-due-to-mma-fans-being-spoiled-beyond-belief\/\">fans expected too much<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs MMA fans, we have been spoiled beyond belief,\u201d Sonnen said.\u00a0\u201cWe have been treated to high-paced, high-action fights, so when one of them isn\u2019t what we expected with the pace and the action, I realize how that is surprising. But it\u2019s on par for other sports. Sometimes things happen that aren\u2019t what you expected to happen\u2014which is a nice of saying dull and not a whole lot of action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Which fight do you think takes the crown as the most boring in MMA history? Let us know in the comments below at Penn Nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Lewis is thankful Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero have taken his spot with the most boring fight in MMA history. As the Coronavirus pandemic increases, &#8220;The Black Beast&#8221; spoke to Ariel Helwani from home about his health, a Francis Ngannou rematch and the lackluster UFC 248 headliner, between Yoel Romero vs Israel Adesanya. 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